Path: utzoo!lsuc!ncrcan!greg
From: greg@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM (Greg Foisy)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Feeding Chinese Algea Eaters
Message-ID: <566@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM>
Date: 22 Jan 88 14:45:46 GMT
References: <399c04a8.c998@apollo.uucp> <2088@cognos.UUCP>
Reply-To: greg@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM (Greg Foisy)
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In article <2088@cognos.UUCP> halo@cognos.UUCP (Hal) writes:
>In article <399c04a8.c998@apollo.uucp> henry_k@apollo.UUCP (Keith E. Henry) writes:
>>What would all you experienced aquaria owners recommend feeding
>>a Chinese algea eater once all the algea is gone?  Mine never
>>seem to eat the flake food I feed all the other fish and usually
>>die in short order.

>And my algae eaters due consume flake food, but they seem quite
>selective. They do prefer (it seems) the vegetable portion, so if
>your flake food contains vegetable matter it can be used. (Mollie's
>have similar requirements, so if you are successful with them, algae eaters
>are easy...). Another possibility is lettuce, or boiled spinach,
>but you will probably have infusoria "flowerings", or other problems.
>I wouldn't recommend it.

	I feed mine canned green beans.  They seem to really like the
	stuff.  You can get small cut portions in cans.  I keep some
	in the fridge and feed it to them over the course of a month.

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